All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be …

V. S. Naipaul
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All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there. ✨ V. S. Naipaul (2012). Literary Occasions: Essays, p.189, Pan Macmillan
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